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Uncategorized Published - 26 November, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Innovative Use of a Pediatric Double-Lumen Central Venous Catheter as a Midline Substitute in Adults With Difficult Venous Access

Authors: Mantri T et al. Cureus 17(11): e97014. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.97014 This report describes two adult ICU patients with extremely difficult venous access in whom clinicians used a 4 Fr, 8 cm pediatric double-lumen central venous catheter as a midline substitute when standard midlines were unavailable. Because pediatric CVCs share similar dimensions with short midlines, inserting […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 November, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Anesthetic Management of a Cesarean Section in a Parturient With Von Hippel-Lindau Disease

Authors: Kato (Araki) Y et al. Source: Cureus 17(11): e96942, November 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.96942. Summary:This case report describes the successful anesthetic management of a cesarean section in a 29-year-old parturient with Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease, a rare autosomal-dominant disorder associated with cerebellar and spinal hemangioblastomas, retinal lesions, pancreatic cysts, renal cell carcinoma, and possible pheochromocytoma. […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 November, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Cuff Pressure in Pediatric Patients

Authors: Gomes J et al. Source: Cureus. 17(11): e96956. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.96956. Summary:This prospective clinical audit examined how often pediatric endotracheal tube cuff pressures fall outside the recommended safe range of 20–30 cmH₂O during general anesthesia. Over one month, 45 pediatric patients undergoing elective or urgent procedures were evaluated immediately after intubation and again at the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 November, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
Intraoperative Airway Management Using Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Airway Obstruction From Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis at the Thoracic Inlet

Authors: Yano et al. Cureus 17(11): e96927, November 15, 2025. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.96927 SummaryThis case report describes a 75-year-old man with progressive dyspnea caused by diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) at the thoracic inlet. Severe bony overgrowth anteriorly and posteriorly created a fixed, narrowed space compressing the trachea to an estimated 5 mm diameter. Because both […]

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Uncategorized Published - 26 November, 2025    By - Dr Clemens
From Synthesis to Scrutiny: Evaluating the Quality of Anaesthesiology Meta-Analyses (2015-2022)

Authors: Turner J et al. Anaesthesiology Journal • Cureus • DOI: 10.7759/cureus.90058 SummaryThis study evaluated the methodological quality of anaesthesiology meta-analyses published between 2015 and 2022 across six major journals. Using the Revised-AMSTAR (R-AMSTAR) scoring system with detailed binary sub-criterion assessment, the authors reviewed 130 full-text meta-analyses drawn from a pool of 455 published during […]

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